 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Birth name | Walter Stringfellow Taberer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 11 April 1872 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | King William's Town, Cape Colony | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 10 February 1938 (aged 65) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Bulawayo, Rhodesia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | St. Andrew's College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | Henry Taberer, brother | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Walter Stringfellow Taberer (11 April 1872 – 10 February 1938) was a South African international rugby union player. Born in King William's Town, he attended St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown, where he was a Douglass Scholar[1] before playing provincial rugby for Griqualand West. He made his only Test appearance for South Africa during Great Britain's 1896 tour. He played as a centre in the 2nd Test of the series, a 17–8 South Africa loss.[2] Taberer died in 1938, in Bulawayo, at the age of 65.[3]
He also played first-class cricket for Rhodesia.[4]
Notes
- ↑ Laurie 1914, p. 41.
- ↑ "Bill Taberer". Springbok Rugby Hall of Fame. Retrieved 5 September 2010.
- ↑ "South Africa / Players & Officials / Bill Taberer". Scrum. Retrieved 5 September 2010.
- ↑ "Walter Taberer". CricketArchive.
References
- Laurie, K. W. J. (1914). Register of S. Andrew's College, Grahamstown, from 1855 to 1914. Grahamstown: Slater & Co.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.